With remarkable photographs, this book focuses on one of the most popular cars in the GTP series - the Corvette GTP.
When Brian Redman drove the first Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) car to victory at Laguna Seca on May 3, 1981, he broke Porsche’s strangle-hold on IMSA racing with the roar of an American V8. What followed was some of the most exciting racing ever.
Chevrolet combined its Corvette body type with A Lola chassis and a turbocharged V6 to create some of the fastest race cars ever seen on a track.
When the cars were placed in the hands of Rick Hendrick, one of Nascar’s premier team owners, the ingredients of a champion were in place.
The GM Goodwrench-sponsored Corvette GTP, based on the Lola T-710 chassis, proved to be one of the most powerful racing cars of all time.
In the hands of brilliant drivers like Sarel Van Der Merwe and Doc Bundy, the GTP cars howled around tracks to throngs of fans chanting “Cor-vette, Cor-vette, Cor-vette!”.
Because of rapidly changing technology and the sometimes conflicting goals of manufacturer and race teams, the Corvette GTP never fully reached its potential, but anyone who ever saw one of these sleek cars roar through a road course will never forget the sight or the sound.
Included in the book is a history of the origins of the car, discussion of the competition, and interviews with GTP personalities.
160 pages and 190 colour pictures.
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